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The joke has turned into reality.
Alipay, China’s largest mobile payment platform, is rolling out the "Alipay Everywhere" function that allows users to ask strangers to do anything for a fee, Alipay's official Weibo account posted Thursday.
Alibaba released an April Fool's prank video that introduced similar features last year.
The video shows a fictional scenario in which by using "Alipay Everywhere," users could ask strangers around to deliver toilet paper, lend them coins when playing claw machines, and even help to fix computers.read more

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